The final results of the Queensland state election were decided yesterday, with Labor winning a recount in the seat of Bundaberg by nine votes, and won a recount in Nicklin by 85 votes.
The original preference count in Bundaberg gave Labor victory by eleven votes, and gave them victory in Nicklin in 79 votes.
The New South Wales state redistribution took another step forward today, when the draft boundaries were released. The maps and report can be found here.
It’s now been over three weeks since the ACT election, and I have pulled together the statistics on how the Covid-19 pandemic affected how people choose to vote.
There was a massive surge in pre-poll voting, necessitating a collapse in the election day vote. There was also a more modest increase in postal voting, on top of a record high postal vote in 2016.
The results of the New Zealand election were finalised yesterday, with the reporting of the special votes.
The final result saw the National Party lose two seats, with Labour gaining a 65th seat, and the Māori Party gaining a second seat.
But today I’m more interested in the results of the referendums held alongside the election.
The first referendum, on voluntary euthanasia, was very decisive, but the second referendum on legalising cannabis, was very close.
Ben is joined by 4ZZZ’s Alexis Pink for a quick podcast to talk about last night’s Queensland election results.
There hasn’t been a great deal of time to dive into the results, but I’ve grabbed the seat-level votes and swings as of this morning.
I’ve put together a couple of maps showing the primary vote swings for the Greens and One Nation, and the two-party-preferred swings. I’ve also grouped seats by region to get a sense of the geography of the result.
6:00pm – Polls have just closed in Queensland. Join me as I follow along with the results as they come in over the next few hours.
8:00am – Polls have just opened for election day in Queensland. I won’t be updating regularly today but feel free to use this as an open thread. Check back in at 6pm Queensland time as I will be liveblogging the results.
Ben is joined by Glenn Kefford and Shaun Ratcliff to discuss tomorrow’s Queensland state election.
Six days after the ACT election, we now have a fairly good sense of the shape of the Assembly. The Assembly will be led by an enlarged Labor-Greens majority, with Labor and Liberal both losing seats and the Greens gaining seats. There are two seats left in play.